Groundwork Wales

Registered charity 1096662 · since 2003groundwork.org.uk/groundwork-wales·Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Groundwork Wales's work is concentrated in Wales, and its stated themes are green-space improvement, skills and employment, and active lives, so a project in Wales on one of those themes is the clearest fit.
The charity says it mainly makes grants to delivery partners and community groups, but its annual report gave no readable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be judged.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown on its website or in its annual report and ask which grant programme fits your project and what its guidelines and criteria are.
Each programme has a formal approval process, but neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive it is or when decisions are made, so ask about timing when you make contact.

Overview

Groundwork Wales is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1096662).

Groundwork Wales is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to create a greener, fairer & stronger future for all people, communities and places in Wales, building sustainable communities in areas of need through joint environmental action. It delivers its mission mainly by distributing grants to other delivery partners and to community groups, across green spaces, skills and employment, and active lives.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Groundwork Wales delivers its mission mainly through performance-related grants to delivery partners and community groups, recognising grant expenditure as the funded projects are completed. It describes its programmes and services as supporting the wellbeing of communities and people and working towards a more prosperous Wales. Its work helps people build confidence and skills, get into training and work, protect and improve green spaces, lead more active lives and overcome challenges including poverty, isolation, low skills and poor health. It works with a wide network of partners. Each grant programme has specific guidelines, criteria and priorities and a formal approval process.

Themes

Green-space improvement
Skills and employment
Active lives

Geographic Focus

Wales.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Each grant programme has specific guidelines, criteria and priorities, with a formal approval process.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Wales

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Groundwork Wales.

The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies CharityFixed deadlinesGave £208k Community Foundation WalesRollingGave £2.3M Keep Wales TidyRolling The Huggard Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £143k WcvaMixed deadlinesGave £29.3M The Millennium Stadium Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £365k The James Pantyfedwen FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £165k Cymru Football FoundationRollingGave £6.6M Arts Council of WalesFixed deadlinesGave £31M Welsh Women's AidNo public processGave £993k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,365,693	£1,262,891	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,707,445	£1,510,781	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,379,141	£1,284,600	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,193,138	£1,261,844	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,386,155	£1,457,154	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.